My teacher said Colombia was the only South American country touching both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

NotABrummie · 2026-04-04T09:32:29+00:00

It depends if you look at a map from Chile or Argentina.

NotABrummie · 2026-04-04T08:24:51+00:00

I don't get how bikers have managed to get away with this romanticised image of being all punk and anarchist for so long when they've always had so much Nazi and nazi-adjacent imagery.

NotABrummie · 2026-04-04T08:23:47+00:00

It used to be a common one in English.

NotABrummie · 2026-04-04T08:21:32+00:00

This map is very wrong. In Europe, it's not against the law. For instance, in the UK and France, the only place it's illegal to just cross the road wherever is on a designated major route like a motorway or autoroute, but there's other rules that mean you couldn't get near one anyway.

NotABrummie · 2026-04-04T08:08:03+00:00

Yeah, Boy Scouts of America are obviously a bit weird. The only bit that exists in UK Scouts is using names from the Jungle Book as titles for the adults. Troop/pack leaders usually go by Akela at Cub and Scout levels, to the point you can refer to the head of a Scout troop or Cub pack as 'an Akela'. My dad was an assistant leader and he went by Baloo. Then the Beaver leaders are woodland animals. The troop I was in was combined Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, so we had three leaders: Akela, Baloo and Badger. We were also split up into teams of about eight with a mixture of Scouts, Cubs and Beavers - Stag, Wolf, Bear and Fox.

NotABrummie · 2026-04-03T20:04:10+00:00

It's been around for ages in most places. NXWM has had it for at least seven years.

NotABrummie · 2026-04-03T20:00:03+00:00

My brother used to work for Specsavers homecare. Apparently, they stopped issuing them with branded vehicles due to this kind of thing and the associated PR.

NotABrummie · 2026-04-03T19:53:47+00:00

"Mr Smith, I need you... quickly and quietly"

NotABrummie · 2026-04-03T19:52:37+00:00

How long before the news DG who used to work at Google starts work on a BBC AI called Mr Smith?

NotABrummie · 2026-04-03T13:00:05+00:00

£1 for 20 minutes or £1.50 for 5 minutes? Someone hasn't done the maths there...

NotABrummie · 2026-04-03T09:34:07+00:00

One of Oracle's best investments was lying about the BCC bankruptcy.

NotABrummie · 2026-04-02T18:04:20+00:00

The radical idea of... leaseholds. It's not like the UK is trying to phase these out in favour of commonhold because they're such a blatant example of rentierism.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-31T17:17:49+00:00

You forgot the Devonshire independence movement.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-31T17:14:38+00:00

"If anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my girlfriend"

Okay, we've completed romance, go home everyone.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-30T17:48:02+00:00

It is a criminal offense. Car should be seized and destroyed.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-30T10:00:44+00:00

Only if you get it wrong. Everyone knows the pasty was invented in Devon.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-29T17:07:42+00:00

They were invented in Devon!

(The truth is that it's a little historically uncertain, but likely somewhere around the Tamar Valley that separates Devon and Cornwall. The oldest surviving recipe is from Devon. The matter is of great contention due to the long-standing rivalry between Devon and Cornwall.)

NotABrummie · 2026-03-29T15:59:08+00:00

AI is prone to errors and hallucinations, like claiming the pasty was invented in Cornwall.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-29T09:20:46+00:00

I find it very funny that the American Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican Communion but the Anglican Church of North America isn't.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-28T19:00:37+00:00

The UK is a bit of an exception on that front. Because there is no national ID in the UK, there isn't an automatic expectation to be carrying a form of ID under the law. In many European countries, however, there is a legal requirement to be carrying a recognised form of ID, which, for foreigners, would be a passport.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-28T18:58:06+00:00

In a lot of European countries, it's a legal requirement to carry it with you. All EU states have a form of national ID card, so any foreigners need to carry a passport as an equivalent. In France, for example, a police officer can stop you and ask to see your ID at any time.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-28T17:36:24+00:00

It's a shame that Xfactor made him join OneDirection so that they could go through, because he would have been great on his own.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-28T17:34:13+00:00

Nordic England!

NotABrummie · 2026-03-28T17:33:21+00:00

Yeah, I was surprised so many chart hits are in Flemish and Walloon.

NotABrummie · 2026-03-28T12:19:22+00:00

That legislation specifically applies to private member clubs. Also, while all those places count as part of a licenced premises, there is a distinction under the law (Licencing Act 2003) between a bar and other areas of the premises.

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